Strong G2460ἱππεύς
horseman
- Transliteration
- hippeus
- Pronunciation
- hip-yooce'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G2462; an equestrian that is member of a cavalry corps: - horseman.
Detailed definition
ἱππεύς, -έως (on accusative pl., -εῖς, ν. BI., § 8, 2; Thack., Gr., 148), ὁ
(ἵππος), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָשׁ;]
a horseman: Act.23:23, 32.†
(AS)
(ἵππος), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָשׁ;]
a horseman: Act.23:23, 32.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2460 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- horsemen2
First verses
- Acts 23:23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
- Acts 23:32On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἱππ-εύς,
genitive έως (-έω uncertain in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus))], Epic dialect ῆος, ὁ, (ἵππος) one who fights from a chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), opposed to πεζός, 2.810)]; either of the driver or of the hero who fights, [Refs (12.66, 15.270)]; also of one who drives in a chariot-race, [Refs (23.262.)]
2 horseman, rider, cavalryman, ἰππήων στρότος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.1, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.88, 9.49, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 14 (_anapaest meter_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270a29, etc.)]; τῆς πολιτείας ἱ. a public courier, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.26.)]
3 groom, Class.Rev.[Refs (27.12 (Laodicea Combusta), 24.12, “JHS” 18.108 (near Lysias).)]
II ἱππεῖς, in social and political sense, knights, forming an aristocracy in early Greek communities, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297b18, etc.; at Eretria, [prev. work] 1306a35, “Ath.” 15.2)]; at Sparta, a royal bodyguard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.124, compare 1.67, etc.; especially at Athens, the Second Class in Solon's constitution, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 7.3)]; later, an aristocratic corps of cavalry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 225, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.5, 4th c.BC: Philochorus Historicus 100, etc.)]
II.2 of the Roman equites, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 37.8, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.24, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.22, etc.)]; ἱππεὺς Ῥωμαίων,= Latin eques Romanus, [Refs (Mon.Anc.Gr. 7.17, “IG” 3.768a, “IGRom.” 3.204 (from Ancyra), “OGI” 547.2 ([prev. passage]), 645.7 (from Palmyra), probably in “IGRom.” 4.1213 (from Thyatira).)]
III nimble kind of crab, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 525b8.)]
IV kind of comet, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 2.90, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Ostentis” 11.)]
V girl's ornament, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, compare “Ostr.” 323 (2nd c.BC).)]
VI a measure, πυρῶν, ἀμυγδάλων, ἀλεύρων, [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 2.710 (from Pednelissus).)]
genitive έως (-έω uncertain in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus))], Epic dialect ῆος, ὁ, (ἵππος) one who fights from a chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), opposed to πεζός, 2.810)]; either of the driver or of the hero who fights, [Refs (12.66, 15.270)]; also of one who drives in a chariot-race, [Refs (23.262.)]
2 horseman, rider, cavalryman, ἰππήων στρότος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.1, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.88, 9.49, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 14 (_anapaest meter_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270a29, etc.)]; τῆς πολιτείας ἱ. a public courier, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.26.)]
3 groom, Class.Rev.[Refs (27.12 (Laodicea Combusta), 24.12, “JHS” 18.108 (near Lysias).)]
II ἱππεῖς, in social and political sense, knights, forming an aristocracy in early Greek communities, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297b18, etc.; at Eretria, [prev. work] 1306a35, “Ath.” 15.2)]; at Sparta, a royal bodyguard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.124, compare 1.67, etc.; especially at Athens, the Second Class in Solon's constitution, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 7.3)]; later, an aristocratic corps of cavalry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 225, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.5, 4th c.BC: Philochorus Historicus 100, etc.)]
II.2 of the Roman equites, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 37.8, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.24, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.22, etc.)]; ἱππεὺς Ῥωμαίων,= Latin eques Romanus, [Refs (Mon.Anc.Gr. 7.17, “IG” 3.768a, “IGRom.” 3.204 (from Ancyra), “OGI” 547.2 ([prev. passage]), 645.7 (from Palmyra), probably in “IGRom.” 4.1213 (from Thyatira).)]
III nimble kind of crab, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 525b8.)]
IV kind of comet, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 2.90, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Ostentis” 11.)]
V girl's ornament, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, compare “Ostr.” 323 (2nd c.BC).)]
VI a measure, πυρῶν, ἀμυγδάλων, ἀλεύρων, [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 2.710 (from Pednelissus).)]